Marionette
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Papier-mâché
Measurements
610 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665635
Summary
One of the puppets made for and used by the ‘Lilliput Marionette Theatre’. This marionette was not identified by former company members, however, it is the snake associated with the 'snake charmer, palace guard and Saleem' and is from a play entitled 'The Lost Princess' or 'Kalif (Caliph) Stork'. It is a green snake with a papier-mâché head a segmented wooden body joined with string. It is mainly green coloured with a green, yellow and brown dappled body.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr E Hellawell in 1982.